THURSDAY 17 October 2013 | 0021 910 6500 | Fax: 021 910 6501/06 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.peoplespost.co.za | Mobisite: ppost.mobi TELLING IT AS IT IS WOODSTOCK | MAITLAND *Terms and conditions: Approx. repayments calculated on 72 months, 35% Balloon payment, 10% interest and above criteria is subject to bank approval. SPECIAL OFFERS FROM HALFWAY TOYOTA Halfway Toyota Ottery: Hypermarket Centre Ottery Road, Ottery • Tel: 021 703 9174 www.halfwaytoyota.com Think Toyota. Think Halfway Toyota. ETIOS R2400pm* FROM ETIOS R2550pm* FROM SEDAN FORTUNER R4999pm* FROM YARIS R2550pm* FROM AYGO R2300pm* FROM COROLLA R2999pm* FROM AAYUNI OPTICAL Visit us to find out about our Student and Pensioner Special Packages Ask us about our in-store promotions Our Eye Care Specials includes: Eye Exam, Frame & Lenses Most medical aids accepted as well as Edgars Cards Tel: 021 448 9821 fax: 021 448 9824 [email protected]Shop 15, St Peter’s Square, Main Road, Observatory NICOLE MCCAIN @nickymccain Over a decade since the historic Peninsula Maternity Hospital was closed, the site will now house a new community healthcare centre as District Six residents return to their former home. The Peninsula Maternity Hospital served thousands of District Six residents before the forced removals. The hospital was merged with Mowbray Maternity Hospital in 1992, leaving the building standing unused. The site, in Caledon Street, has been stand- ing open after being used to house students and as a wardrobe storeroom for Artscape. Two years ago, the majority of District Six claimants voted to have the unused Peninsu- la Maternity Hospital demolished during a public participation process. The demolition was suggested as planners reportedly said the renovation would be costly, and the building is not suited to pro- viding high-quality care. This led to the partial demolition of the building last year, says Al-Ameen Kafaar, head of communication for the provincial Department of Transport and Public Works. The demolition was approved by Western Cape Heritage, as well as the Department of Health, land claimants and the District Six Redevelopment Trust, Kafaar confirms. Sections of the old hospital have already been demolished, although some buildings are still standing, says District Six Redevel- opment Trust chairperson Anwah Nagia. However, the process seems to have stalled. Nagia is unsure what the future of the old hospital site is, but Kafaar says the plan is to “erect a new District Six Community Health Centre early next year”. The development of a new R65m wellness centre was announced by Premier Helen Zille earlier this year at a key handing-over ceremony in the former District Six. The healthcare centre will cater to pa- tients from Salt River, Woodstock, Vrede- hoek, Zonnebloem and the CBD, as well as residents moving back to the former District Six. Michael Lawrence, who was born at the Peninsula Maternity Hospital and lived in District Six, says there is a need for a quality healthcare facility closer to the city centre. “There is a great need for more facilities, especially with people moving back to the ar- ea as part of the land restitution process. Hospitals need to be close to home, and there is space around the old hospital site that could be developed,” he says. There is no place for sentimentality, Law- rence insists. “One cannot afford to be senti- mental. New technologies are needed for quality healthcare, and the old hospital building should not be restored at the ex- pense of those technologies,” he says. However, Nagia has been left baffled by the announcement of a new hospital. “There is a development framework for the area that governs the building of schools, shops, offices and hospitals or clinics. This framework is still not complete. We were surprised by the announcement, and think it might have been a bit premature. The ex- act location has not been decided and we are still in discussion over the site and size of the hospital,” he says. The spatial planning process is due to con- tinue in November, Nagia adds. Kafaar says the date of construction is still to be finalised. “We do not have an exact date yet but it will be in the first quarter of 2014.” HEALTHCARE: CONSTRUCTION OF R65M FACILITY TO START EARLY NEXT YEAR New hospital for District Six WEALTH OF HEALTH: The former site of the Peninsula Maternity Hospital will be home to a new facility.PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN
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Over a decade since the historic PeninsulaMaternity Hospital was closed, the site willnow house a new community healthcarecentre as District Six residents return totheir former home.The Peninsula Maternity Hospital served
thousands of District Six residents beforethe forced removals.The hospital was merged with Mowbray
ing open after being used to house studentsand as a wardrobe storeroom for Artscape.Two years ago, themajority of District Six
claimants voted to have theunusedPeninsu-la Maternity Hospital demolished during apublic participation process.
The demolitionwas suggested as plannersreportedly said the renovation would becostly, and the building is not suited to pro-viding high-quality care.This led to the partial demolition of the
building last year, says Al-Ameen Kafaar,head of communication for the provincialDepartment of Transport and Public Works.The demolition was approved by Western
Cape Heritage, as well as the Department ofHealth, land claimants and the District SixRedevelopment Trust, Kafaar confirms.Sections of the old hospital have already
been demolished, although some buildingsare still standing, says District Six Redevel-opment Trust chairperson Anwah Nagia.However, the process seems to have
stalled.Nagia is unsure what the future of the old
hospital site is, but Kafaar says the plan isto “erect a new District Six Community
Health Centre early next year”.The development of a new R65m wellness
centre was announced by Premier HelenZille earlier this year at a key handing-overceremony in the former District Six.
The healthcare centre will cater to pa-tients from Salt River, Woodstock, Vrede-hoek, Zonnebloem and the CBD, as well asresidentsmoving back to the formerDistrictSix.Michael Lawrence, who was born at the
Peninsula Maternity Hospital and lived inDistrict Six, says there is a need for a qualityhealthcare facility closer to the city centre.“There is a great need for more facilities,
especiallywithpeoplemovingback to thear-ea as part of the land restitution process.Hospitals need to be close to home, and thereis space around the old hospital site thatcould be developed,” he says.There is no place for sentimentality, Law-
rence insists. “One cannot afford to be senti-mental. New technologies are needed forquality healthcare, and the old hospitalbuilding should not be restored at the ex-pense of those technologies,” he says.However, Nagia has been left baffled by
the announcement of a new hospital.“There is a development framework for
the area that governs thebuilding of schools,shops, offices and hospitals or clinics. Thisframework is still not complete. We weresurprised by the announcement, and thinkit might have been a bit premature. The ex-act location has not been decided andwe arestill in discussion over the site and size ofthe hospital,” he says.The spatial planning process is due to con-
tinue in November, Nagia adds.Kafaar says the date of construction is still
to be finalised. “Wedonot have an exact dateyet but it will be in the first quarter of 2014.”
HEALTHCARE: CONSTRUCTION OF R65M FACILITY TO START EARLY NEXT YEAR
New hospital for District Six
WEALTH OF HEALTH: The former site ofthe Peninsula Maternity Hospital will behome to a new facility.PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN
PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDThursday, 17 October 20132 ISSUES
Region Date and Time Venue
West Coast Monday 14 October 201309:00 – 15:00
Council Chambers, West Coast District Municipality,58 Langstraat, MOORREESBURG
Overberg Wednesday 16 October 201309:00 – 15:00
Council Chambers, Overberg District Municipality,26 Langstraat, BREDASDORP
Eden Thursday 17 October 201309:00 – 15:00
George Museum Building, Corner of York and Courtney Streets,GEORGE
Central Karoo Friday 18 October 201309:00 – 15:00
Tourism Bureau, Voortrekker Street, LAINGSBURG
CapeWinelands
Tuesday 22 October 201309:00 – 15:00
Council Chambers, Cape Winelands District Municipality,51 Trappe Street,WORCESTER
Cape Town Thursday 24 October 201309:00 – 15:00
Western Cape Department of Education, Grand Central Building,CAPE TOWN
NICOLE MCCAIN AND TAMMY PETERSEN
“Prisons don’t reform people.”This is the assessment of Richard Griggs,
a monitoring and evaluation specialist incriminal justice.
Former inmates and organisations agree,claiming the cells are where hardened crimi-nals are bred.
The National Institute for Crime Preven-tion and the Reintegration of Offenders(Nicro) has been championing a five-yearproject for non-custodial sentencing, whichinvolves an alternative to imprisonment.
And they believe their solution works.The current system doesn’t ask why you
committed the crime, Griggs argues.“You end up in jail when all you need are
anger management classes. This programmeworks. People think we’re waiting for solu-tions, but we already have one. This pro-gramme analyses the problem and solves it.”
Since the project’s launch, 6 000 prisonershave been removed from the system throughnon-custodial sentencing.
Nicro project manager Regan Jules-Mac-quet says the organisation renders this serv-ice by working closely with judicial officerssuch as magistrates.
“Instead of being sent to prison, lower-riskoffenders are sentenced to a community-based sentence,” she explains.
Only lower-risk offenders are suitable forthe sentencing. The criminal is assessed andrecommended to be part of the programme.
Battle behind barsJohn Bower spent three years behind bars
for assault after being involved in a bar brawlin 1998.
He was only 18.“I walked into jail a stupid teenager and
came out a dangerous man,” he recalls.“In the cells, I mixed with rapists and mur-
derers, who preyed on laaities like me who
thought they were cool but where just kidstrying to act grown up.”
Every day behind bars is a battle to stayalive, Bower continues.
“I was in jail for three weeks when Ikilled a man who tried to rape me. My lifechanged that day. I wasn’t a killer, but Ihad someone’s blood on my hands. I wasa naughty child who needed to be disci-plined, but instead I was fighting for mylife surrounded by people who thoughtnothing of snapping your neck for fun.”
When he was released in 2001, he was al-ready a member of the 26s and practisedwhat he learnt in the cells on the streets.
“It was the only life I had known for threeyears. I was never remotely interested ingangs but behind bars, it’s who you knowthat keeps you alive.”
After being stabbed twice and nearlykilled in a drive-by shooting, Bowersturned his life around.
“I became involved in church activitiesand working with the youth. I am an exam-ple of what prison life does to you. Andwhile I know I had to pay for my crimes,going to jail was the worst thing that everhappened to me,” he maintains.
“Behind bars, you don’t learn how to livea crime-free life. You learn how to do evenworse and not get caught.”
Changing behaviourJules-Macquet says not only are offend-
ers kept out of prison where they are ex-posed to hardened criminals, but they alsotake part in behavioural courses.
“Prison is not necessary for all offend-ers. Many offenders can serve their sen-tence in the community, while having ac-cess to much-needed behaviour changeservices. Prison is an environment not es-pecially conducive to rehabilitation andreintegration of offenders,” she argues.
“We believe prison should be reservedfor higher-risk offenders and that lower-risk offenders can be dealt with via non-custodial sentencing.”
The organisation’s programme looks atwhat caused the offender to commit thecrime in the first place and works to alterit. “Unless the criminal thinking patternsand behaviours are changed, there will al-ways be the likelihood of recidivism. If weare to fight crime in a meaningful way, wecannot simply punish people without ad-dressing their behaviours and thinking pat-terns.”
Griggs says it’s only a matter of having theprogramme implemented nationwide.
After evaluating the programme, he in-sists the numbers speak for themselves.
“Around 50% of the normal prison popula-tion will re-offend. But with Nicro’s non-cus-todial sentencing, only 2% re-offend.”
The cost of removing prisoners from thesystem should be incentive alone to imple-ment the programme at every court in thecountry, he adds.
In addition, the offender can still supporttheir family during their sentence, whichhelps alleviate poverty.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE: STEMMING THE TIDE OF REPEAT OFFENDERS
A new lease on a better life
BARRED: Reforming prisoners needs more than just prison sentences, says the National Institutefor Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders (Nicro). They have been championing aproject for non-custodial sentencing, which involves an alternative to imprisonment.PHOTO: PHOTO24
Valuation objec-tions will be dealtwith more efficient-ly after the City ofCape Town upgrad-ed the software usedfor the general valu-ation objectionprocess.
Council’s Valua-tion Department isworking towards fi-nalising most theobjections by theend of December. Ithas already proc-essed more thanhalf of the 33 000 ob-jections receivedsince 1 July.
Residents are stillrequired to makeproperty rates pay-ments until their ob-jection is finalised.
When an objec-tion to a valuation isreceived, the ratesaccount will beflagged to indicatethat an objection isin progress. Thiswill temporarilystop any debt man-agement action.
Once finalised,the objector will besent an official no-tice of the decisionby the MunicipalValuer. Where anobjection is not up-held, the owner canappeal to the Valua-tion Appeal Board.
The board will sitas soon as there aresufficient appeals.
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Woodstock’s biggest tourist draw card, theOld Biscuit Mill, has police worried.A crime prevention operation was held
along Albert Road in front of the busy mar-ket on Saturday, as well as in Victoria andLower Main roads, says Woodstock policespokesperson Sergeant Hilton Malila.But the Woodstock Community Policing
Forum feels police resources should not beused for protecting business interests.Muggings and theft out of motor vehicles
have rocketed in the vicinity of the smallbusiness hub.Rashaad Martin, spokesperson for the
Woodstock Community Outreach Forum,says the organisation has noted an increasein criminal activity.“We hope the police operation will raise
awareness about crime in the area, and theincrease visibility will reduce it,” he says.He is glad police are taking a serious
stance regarding the shopping hub, but cau-tions them not to neglect the rest of Wood-stock.“We are happy they’re there as long as the
vehicles are available to respond to other ar-
eas as well. Police must continue to respondto the whole community, as they are notthere to secure private property,” he says.Malila responds that police will not be sta-
tioned at the market permanently.He continues that the patrols have yielded
results.“The crime situation around the mill
droppeddrastically through thehighvisibil-ity patrols. The Biscuit Mill is a very busyplace on a Saturday, and all the cars tend tobe parked in the vicinity. In order to makesure that everybody and their belongingsare safe,we constantly dopatrols in the area.Our main objective is to reduce the volumeof property-related crimes, including theftout of motor vehicles,” he says.While on patrol, police also fine illegal car
guards and assist Law Enforcement officerswith traffic bylaw enforcement, he adds.But Woodstock Community Policing Fo-
rum chairpersonHoward Smith feels the pa-trols are a burden to police resources.“More Law Enforcement officers need to
be deployed, as this is not crime-related. Thepolice should not be diverted from crime-fighting activities,” he says.At the time of going print, the City of Cape
Town failed to respond to questions about
the shortage of traffic bylaw enforcement.The lack of parking around the market
has residents fed up, Smith says, which inturnmakes them turn a blind eye to crime.“Residents are less likely to look after a
business’ interests if they are being incon-venienced. I sympathise with those whoare not able to find parking for severalblocks owing to the market’s customers,”he says.Smith suggests that the Old Biscuit Mill
provide additional parking, which wouldnot only ease the congestion on residentialstreets, but also allow for better security.At the time of going to print, Indigo Prop-
erties, the owners of the Old Biscuit Mill,had failed to respond to queries.
ALBERT ROAD: OLD BISCUIT MILL GETS COP PRESENCE
Crackdown atshopping hub
FEAST AND FEAR: The Old Biscuit Mill is a concern to the Woodstock police. PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN
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PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDThursday, 17 October 20134 WORD ON THE STREET
VACANCYBULLETIN
InstructIons to ApplIcAnts: Z83 forms (obtainable from any Government department or www.westerncape.gov.za) must: Be completed in full, clearly reflect the name of the position, name and date of the publication (candidatesmay use this as reference), be signed, accompanied by a comprehensive CV, the names of 3 referees and certified copiesof ID, driver’s licence and qualification/s. A separate application form must be completed for each post. Applicationswithout the aforementioned will not be considered. Applications must be forwarded to the address as indicated on theadvertisement. No late, faxed or e-mailed applications will be accepted. CV’s will not be returned. Excess personnel willreceive preference. Applications, which are received after the closing date, will not be considered.
Further communication will be limited to short-listed candidates. If you have not received a response from theDepartment within 3 months of the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful. It will be expectedof candidates to be available for selection interviews on a date, time and place as determined by the Department.
As directed by the Department of public service & Administration, applicants must note that further checks willbe conducted once they are short-listed and that their appointment is subject to positive outcomes on thesechecks, which include security clearance, qualification verification, criminal records, credit records and previousemployment.
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The Department of Health is guided by theprinciples of Employment Equity. Disabledcandidates are encouraged to apply and anindication in this regard will be appreciated.
closing date:8 november 2013
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Budding kiters are invited toshow off their kite-making abili-ties in thePeople’s PostHeritageKite Competition on Sunday 3November.This will form part of the 19th
Cape Town International KiteFestival, Africa’s biggest kiteevent.People’s Post is the print me-
dia partner of the event.The Heritage Kite Award will
go to the best traditional CapeSwaeltjie or Swallow kites. En-tries need to be hand-crafted, lo-cally-made kites.There are cash prizes to be
won and it is an opportunity forenthusiasts to meet and fly withkite-makers from around theworld.Rifead Sambo was the 2012
winner with his Cape MentalHealth-themed kite made withbamboo, thread and tissue pa-per.Kite-making is a Sambo fami-
ly tradition. Rifead was taughtby his father,master kite-makerEbrahimSambo,whohad learntfrom his own father.As is the case with many con-
temporaryCapeTownkite-mak-ers, this particularstyle of kite harksback to the slavesand immigrantsfrom South EastAsia that came tothe Cape severalcenturies ago.SouthAfricankit-
er Greg Mountjoywas first to makethe connection be-tween the Swaeltjiekites he saw at theannual Cape TownInternational KiteFestival and tradi-tional kites he hadseen in Indonesiaand Malaysia.This historical as-
pect ties in beauti-fully with the kitefestival’s theme,New Horizons – Be-
yond 100Years,which celebratesthe centenary of the festival’sorganisers and beneficiary –Cape Mental Health.Every participant will be giv-
en a certificate and cash prizesare up for grabs: R500 for first,R300 for second and R200 forthird.The overall winner will also
receive the People’s Post Herit-age Kite Award floating trophy.There is no cost to participate
in the competition.Entry for the kite festival is
R20 for adults and R10 for chil-dren aged between two and 12years.Register beforehand and judg-
ing will take place in the mainarena from 13:00 on Sunday 3November.People who would like to
learn this historic kite-makingtechnique can attend theSwaeltjie kite-making work-shops being held on both days ofthe festival. The workshops arefree and donations arewelcome.V Download an entry form fromwww.capementalhealth.co.za/kite. Al-ternatively contact Derick Houston on(021) 447 9040 or [email protected].
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SStrtreeteet kidskids‘c‘coiningoining it’it’As peak tourist season looms, beggars areexpected to make more money.Research done by the City of Cape Town’s
social development department shows streetchildren are getting as much as R1 600 a dayfrom begging.This, they say,makes it harder for welfare
groups to get them off the streets and reinte-grated into society. The research shows that60% of the people living on Cape Town’sstreets are there by choice. Many had mi-grated from other parts of the province.Is sharing really caring?Here’swhat read-
ers had to say.
CERIZE KCERIZE KOETSOETS says she would rather hand overfood than money. “I don’t know what they willdo with the money I give to them. They need aproper shelter where food is provided.”
THOMAS STHOMAS SAAIMANAAIMAN encourages giving responsi-bly. “I’m one of the people who gives them money,knowing that they are not going to use it wisely.Giving them food is the best way.”
DENISEDENISE FILANDERFILANDER finds it hard to believe thatstreet children are making enough money by beg-ging. “Not everyone gives money. Death can comeat any time (and) they need to be in a shelter.”
ALFREDALFRED NGNGWENYAWENYA believes in charity. “Not every-one is qualified in this country. Some make a livingon street. My boss and I always make time to givethem food. If I have money, I give it to them.”
ZZAINABAINAB KITASKITAS says while it’s dangerous to bravethe streets, nothing can be done to change theirreality. “They’re making enough money. If we givethem food only, it doesn’t mean they will stop.”
CCAREL VAREL VANAN DER SDER SCHYFFCHYFF says the State shouldplay a bigger role. “It doesn’t help to give moneybecause they use it for the wrong things. Why isgovernment not building more shelters?”
AMBROAMBROSESE NAKILENAKILE says he can only afford to handover something to eat. “We all need money. I canshare food but not cash. If I have any leftover foodI will give them, but I will never give them money.”
PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDThursday, 17 October 2013 NEWS 5
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Illegal metered taxi drivers’ days are num-bered and can expect a crackdown on unau-thorised operations.
This comes as the Western Cape MeteredTaxi Council is one step closer to being for-malised after interim leadership was recent-ly elected.
Illegal operators are one of the biggestchallenges faced by the industry, and theCity of Cape Town will look to cut down onthe number of drivers operating without li-cences, says Siphesihle Dube, the spokesper-son for provincial minister of transport andpublic works Robin Carlisle.
“Illegal operations result directly in over-trading within an industry, which invaria-bly heightens tension. Illegal operators alsodo not hold themselves to the vehicle stand-ards that legal operators do, which will un-doubtedly threaten the safety of their pas-sengers as the vehicles are often not road-worthy. As is the case with minibus taxis,such a situation invariably causes tensionthat erupt in violent confrontations. We can-not allow this to happen here,” he says.
Taxi operators need to have a licencegranted by the City of Cape Town, Dube ex-plains.
Fiona Herman, the public relations officerforMarineCabs, says the company fully sup-
ports the idea of a sedan meter taxi council.“We would like to see the taxi council em-
power the industry which, in the past, wasnever really recognised by local governmentdue to inadequate, inexperienced members.There are many issues, though the main pri-ority should be the illegal operators floodingthe market and tarnishing our reputation,”she says.
The council will also look to create uni-form standards for vehicles, and Hermanhopes itwill tackle the issue of parkingareasin the city.
“We would also like the council to commu-nicate with the operating license boardabout ranking space in the CBD and sur-rounding areas due to the fact that there arefar more operating licenses than rankingspace,” she says.
An oversight body will go a long way tomaking taxis safer, Herman maintains.
“There will be a definite impact on all op-erators to clean up their act and abide by thecode of conduct set by the road transporta-tion board. It will also help to beef up onoverall presentation, such as drivers’ dress
code and vehicle condi-tions,” she says.
However, the councilwill have no enforce-ment powers, Dubesays, and enforcementwill still fall to the Cityof Cape Town’s Law En-forcement officers.
This aspect worriesAndrew Nel, a frequentmetered taxi commuter.
“How will they pre-vent illegal operators ifthey are not the ones en-forcing the rules? It be-comes easy for the coun-cil to become discon-nected from lawenforcement,” he says.
However, Nel does believe the council isneeded.
“The taxi owners need to get together to
standardise rates for routes, co-ordinatehow many taxis operate where and imple-ment some standardised disciplinary ac-tion,” he says.
The council will be made up of separatechambers for individual and fleet owners,and will elect a governing body of 25 mem-bers, as well as an executive of nine mem-bers with at least three from each chamber,Dube adds.
TRANSPORT: METERED TAXI COUNCIL GAINS MOMENTUM
The road ahead
LAW AND ORDER: A new metered taxi council will cut down on illegaloperators and end fragmentation in the industry, hope metered taxioperators. PHOTO: LERATO MADUNA/PHOTO24
PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDThursday, 17 October 20136 NEWS
SECOND SUPPLEMENTARY VALUATION TO THE 2012 GENERAL VALUATIONROLL (SV02) FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2013/2014Notice is hereby given in terms of section 49 (1)(a)(i) of the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act no. 6 of 2004),hereinafter referred to as the “Act,” that the Second Supplementary Valuation Roll to the 2012 General Valuation Roll (SV02) for the financialyear 2013/2014 is open for public inspection at the venues as stated below as from 21 October 2013 until 29 November 2013. The forms for thelodging of objections are obtainable at these venues. In addition the valuation roll is available on the Council website as from 21 October 2013(the address is provided below).
Properties were selected to appear on the Second Supplementary Valuation Roll to the 2012 General Valuation Roll (SV02) Roll in terms of section78(1) of Act if the property a) was incorrectly omitted from the Valuation Roll; b) has been included in the municipality after the last generalvaluation; c) has been subdivided or consolidated after the last general valuation; d) has undergone a substantial increase or decrease in marketvalue since the last general valuation; e) was substantially incorrectly valued in the last general valuation; f) must be revalued for any otherexceptional reason; g) of which the category has changed.
In terms of Section 49(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, any property owner or person who so desires may lodge an objection with the municipal manager inrespect of any matter reflected in, or omitted from the valuation roll, within the abovementioned period.
Objections may only be lodged in respect of properties valued on the SV02 Roll. The owners of these properties will be notified of their SV02valuations in writing at the postal address currently held on the City’s database.
Attention is specifically drawn to the fact that in terms of section 50(2) of the Act an objection must be in relation to a specific individual propertyand not against the supplementary valuation roll as a whole. The forms for lodging an objection can be obtained from one of the venues listedbelow, and can be downloaded from the website. A separate objection form must be completed per property.
DATE: 21 October 2013 – 29 November 2013
NO. NAMES OF VENUE ADDRESS OF VENUE OPERATING HOURS OF VENUE
1.14TH FLOOR, CAPE TOWNCIVIC CENTRE
HERTZOG BOULEVARD, CAPE TOWN 08:30 – 15:45
2. BELLVILLE CIVIC CENTREVOORTREKKER ROAD, BELLVILLE (CNR OF VOORTREKKER ROAD &QUARRY STREET - NEXT TO SANLAM HEAD OFFICE)
08:30 – 15:45
3. MILNERTON CIVIC CENTRE PIENAAR ROAD, MILNERTON (NEXT TO MILNERTON LIBRARY) 08:30 – 15:45
4. PLUMSTEAD ADMINISTRATIONCNR OF VICTORIA ROAD & MAIN ROAD, PLUMSTEAD(NEXT TO CHECKERS)
08:30 – 15:45
5. BRACKENFELL CIVIC CENTRECNR OF OLD PAARL ROAD & PARADYS STREET(OPPOSITE HYPERMARKET)
08:30 – 15:45
6. STRAND MUNICIPAL BUILDINGCNR OF MAIN ROAD & FAGAN STREET, STRAND (NEXT TOSTRAND HALL)
08:30 – 15:45
Completed objection forms can be submitted as follows:
• E-mail – [email protected]• Fax – 086 201 2304 / 086 588 6042• Post to (preferably via registered mail) – The City of Cape Town, for attention: The Objection Coordinator, P O Box 4522, Cape Town 8000• By hand - at one of our public inspection venues
For more information:Sharecall: 086 010 3089Web: www.capetown.gov.za
ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER
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Is spanking discipline or abuse?This age old issue has been reopened for
discussion by government and although nobill has been drafted, organisations advocat-ing children’s rights, experts and the nation-al social development department haveraised contrasting views.
And while stakeholders decide whetherthis discussion document should be takenforward as a draft bill and actioned into law,parents, religious groups and organisationsare at opposite sides of the spectrum.
Is the occasional slap on the bottom a formof abuse?
Parental rights lostChildren need a hiding to give them a
warning because that’s how they become
obedient, father Ebrahim Davids argues.Another parent agrees, insisting govern-
ment can’t take away parental rights to dis-cipline their children.
“Times have changed so much and disci-pline has left our society, because parentscan no longer reprimand their neighbours’children,” she says.
A first-time mother says she always knewshe’d have to discipline her children with ahiding.
“Parents should not give up their rights;what will happen when these children growolder and are disrespectful? Schools alreadyhave no discipline. We can’t afford to losediscipline in our homes, too,” she fumes.
Strengthening tiesThe Family Policy Institute too opposes
the notion.CEO Errol Naidoo says government does
not have the right to tell parents how to raisetheir children.
“There’s a big difference between abuseand child discipline,” he says. “Spanking achild will not harm them; it’s a correctivemeasure, while hitting to abuse is not disci-pline. Family is the most important unit insociety and we need to strengthen it. At themoment we have an ill-disciplined govern-ment telling families how to raise children.No government has the right to do that.”
Sheikh Riad Fataar agrees, saying Islamallows parents to discipline children with alight beating. “If you hit your child in a man-
ner which breaks bones and causes blood toflow, then it’s abuse. The character and mor-als of society is going down because of a lackof discipline,” he says.
ConsequencesBut Patric Solomons, director of chil-
dren’s rights organisation Molo Songololo,says corporal punishment should be abol-ished because parents have carte blancheand often exercise forms of discipline whichconstitutes physical and emotional abuse.
“Throwing objects at children is a form ofphysical abuse. Forcing them to stand indark corners is a cruel form of emotionalpunishment; we need to look at ways of re-ducing it,” he says.
“We’ve managed to abolish abuse betweenadults. Why can’t we do the same for chil-dren? We need a combination of support forchildren and parents who need to learn tocope. Parents often say: ‘I got beaten andlook at how I turned out?’ Discipline does notinstill values, good behaviour, understand-ing and consequences.”
Parents need to set positive values and aframework for children, because teenagersstart acting violent when they see their par-ents failing to practice what they preach,Solomons continues.
“Parents have a false sense of obedienceand try to silence children by using acts ofviolence, which is a quick fix and doesn’tguarantee the child won’t do it again.
“The solution is for children to learn re-
spect through observation and to extend therecourse from women to children. Theyshould also be able to lay a complaint whicha court should investigate to ensure properjustice is served,” he says.
Different strokesThe Parent Centre director Venecia Bar-
ries says her organisation does not agreewith physical punishment.
Children need discipline, love and bound-aries, she argues.
“Parents need to institute pro-activemeasures when disciplining their children,such as moving things which could breakout of a toddler’s way and creating conse-quences like taking away older children’scellphones. Different corrective measureswork for different children,” she says.
Barries says many children are raisedwithout their parents inflicting pain.
“No parent is calm when they’re about tohit their child and that is why Child Line isinundated with calls. Parents are relying onphysical punishment because it’s their natu-ral instinct.”
She says children will test the limits andparents need to set boundaries. “We needto rewrite the already violent history inSouth Africa by developing a new history.This can be done by training parents to beassertive and by understanding children.”V Do you spank your child as a form of discipline? Isit effective? SMS your comments to 32516. SMSes costR1.
SPANKING: OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM
Parental rights vs ‘child abuse’
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PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDThursday, 17 October 2013 NEWS 7
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Pupils attending school in lower- income ar-eas may soon receive a free education.
More than 200 impoverished schoolsacross the province now have the chance tobecome a no-fee school from next year.
The move is expected to significantly alle-viate the funding challenges of facilitiesserving poorer communities and will re-duce the burden of trying to obtain and col-lect school fees.
Every year, thousands of parents at fee-paying public schools either fail to pay theirschool fees or have to apply for fee exemp-tion, provincial education minister DonaldGrant explains. “The reality is we are liv-ing in tough economic times. Many parentssimply cannot afford to pay fees. This ulti-mately affects some schools’ income andplaces a burden on the management.”
All public schools are categorised intofive groups, called quintiles, largely for allo-cating financial resources. Quintile one isthe poorest, while quintile five is the leastpoor. These rankings are determined na-tionally according to the poverty of the com-munity around the school as well as certaininfrastructural factors.
Many schools believe they have beenranked inappropriately and have asked fortheir quintile status to be changed.
Education minister Angie Motshekgalast month announced plans to do awaywith the quintiles in favour of a two-catego-ry system.
Until the changes to the current quintilesystem become a reality, schools that cur-rently charge annual school fees of R400 orless may apply to become no-fee schools.
Schools have to apply in writing for this
status. The department will consider offer-ing more schools this opportunity in future,and funding top-ups will be offered to select-ed quintile four and five schools that havenot yet been selected.
Although Kenmere Primary does notqualify for the free schooling, principal An-dre Johannessen says many of the schoolsin the area need additional funding. Theschool’s fees are R1 300, however, Johannes-sen estimates 30% of parents are not ableto pay. “Many of the families do not havea high income, and some of the children livein squatter camps,”he says.
Factreton parent Colleen Jacobs agreesschools need all the help possible. “Many ofthe families in the area are on grants. Par-ents are unemployed, so there are a lot offamilies applying to be exempt from payingfees. This means the school doesn’t getenough funds.”
Fundraising efforts are also hampered bythe number of parents who are unemployedand can’t afford donations, she maintains.
This lack of funding has a direct impacton her children’s education.
“The schools are not able to pay for addi-tional teachers in governing body posts, sothe classes are sometimes as big as 46 pu-pils. It becomes difficult for the children tolearn and the teachers to instill discipline.”Cecil Road Primary principal Shahid Mat-thews is disappointed his Salt River schooldoes not qualify. “Our school fees are R800,and although we fall in quintile five, around45% of parents are not able to pay schoolfees. It would have been a step in the rightdirection if they had considered us as well.”
However, he remains hopeful.“It will be rolled out over a period of time
and hopefully will be expanded to includeus,” he says.
EDUCATION: POOR PUPILS TO GET FREE SCHOOLING
Freezing fees
PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDThursday, 17 October 20138 LETTERS
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Today is the International Day for the Eradication ofPoverty.The day has been observed annually since 1993 by
the United Nations General Assembly.And as these things go, there is always a theme. This
year it isWorking together towards a world without dis-crimination: Building on the experience and knowledgeof people in extreme poverty.One wonders how this mouthful will, in fact, eradi-
cate poverty, feed thehungry, secure jobs for theunem-ployed, getmedicine to the sick anddying, and success-fully get children through education systems.There is a worldwide need to eliminate poverty alto-
gether and address its evil twin: unemployment.There is a cruelty to the cycle that ensures there will
always be poor people. It is sad that they are not justpoor in spirit, but also in hope.UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says: “If we are
to realise the future we want for all, we must hear andheed the calls of the marginalised… Together, we canbuild a sustainable world of prosperity and peace, jus-tice and equity – a life of dignity for all.”Noble sentiments.It could even work, if all people with the collective
will would make it so.The day is set aside to “promote awareness of the
need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all coun-tries”.Perhaps now, 20 years later, all nations will work to-
gether in the ethos of the theme to step up and be com-mitted to fighting poverty.A start is to redress perceptions of Africa as a beg-
ging bowl, Asia as a cheap form of labour fit for exploi-tation or South America as the route of drug trade.There are exceptions, of course.One small step formankindwould be to see each oth-
er as humans, equal in every way.Perhaps then some markets will finally “emerge”.
Drunk drivers: time to actAbout 2000 years ago, the Bible in Ephesianswarned: “Do not get drunk as it leads to de-bauchery.”That 52% of South Africans who die in
traffic accidents had alcohol in their bloodis bad news.Since 70% of all assaults are alcohol-relat-
ed it also suggests little has changed in twomillennia.The consistent violence also suggests that
our reality requires drastic action if we areto anticipate change.Drivers caught drunk regularly receive
suspended sentences and those who kill peo-ple ultimately walk free.The reason for this entire acceptance is
the reality that drunkenness is part of SouthAfrican culture.Since we live in a constitutional democra-
cy, it is difficult to compel everyone to listento logic even in their own interest.What is required is to send a strong mes-
sage to those who drive intoxicated.Intoxicated drivers should be identified as
quickly as possible at the accident scene.Paramedics and hospital staff should treat
accident victims and not the intoxicateddriver as a priority.The provincial health department should
through ethical interpretation prioritisetheir spending.This infers fewer resources to heal crimi-
nals who shoot each other regularly andmore resources for taxpayers who requiredialyses.The department could increase the sala-
ries of nurses by spending less on surgeryto rehabilitate drunk drivers.Since volumes have been written on the
threat of intoxicants, the time for debate isover.Those unwilling to change their behav-
iour must bear the costs.Since the justice system seems deter-
mined to protect drunk drivers the least wecan do is not to waste limited public medicalresources on them.Capetonians cannot talk about a world
class city if we cannot protect ourselves ona public road.YAGYAH ADAMSCape Muslim Congress
Think before you make your markIn 2014 we (will be) summoned to the votingstations to make our crosses and, hopefully,vote into power the right political partywithrighteous politicians.Since our country’s democracy a lot of po-
litical policies and promises have passed un-der society’s aspirational bridges.There were some benefits for the man in
the street, but that seems to be clouded bythe plague of corruption, unemployment,poverty and (lack of) service delivery.Wevotershave tobe realistic (and) critical
in our choice.The parties we vote in have to take us on
board holistically and as fellow passengersand partners on board the gravy train.We must make our voices and conditions
heard so that political promises and con-tracts are displayed on the placards and atthe voting rallies.These promises and contracts must be so
binding that whomever (gets) our vote mustknow it is a binding contract with tight legaltimeframes for implementation.
Voting is no more a new phase for us.Wehavehad toomanypolitical experienc-
es that we are wide awake as to what we de-serve (and to) our political rights.Politicianshave to bevery careful, correct
and constitutional in what their legallybinding promises entail.In the past the voterwas somewhat forgiv-
ing of politicians, but with recession, pover-ty, unemployment, excessive cost of living,crime, blatant corruption, unaccountability(and) service delivery it could become(much) more violent, vocal and physical.We deserve the best for what is constitu-
tionally willed for each citizen, irrespectiveof their status in our society.Each voter (should) be very sure where to
put that cross (to) dictate who will lead reli-giously, politically, morally and financiallycorrectly.Aquote byGeorgeWill says: “Voters don’t
decide issues. They decide who will decideissues.”KEITH BLAKE
Cost of tourismI do appreciate the attention given to thehigh cost of local tourism as featured in Peo-ple’s Post (“Cost of SANParks’ offer”, 17 Sep-tember).It is not only SANParks which insist on
high entrance fees, but also the Iziko Muse-ums.The great majority of South Africans will
not be able to afford the R30 adult fee re-quired. Very small children enter free.Tourism should seriously rethink the
pricing scale which allows all South Afri-cans to be charged one fee and (tourists) tobe charged at a much higher rate.YVONNE BULGENMelody Kleinsmith, communications coordi-nator for Iziko Museums of South Africa, re-sponds: Iziko is the custodian of our coun-try’s heritage andoperates 11nationalmuse-ums, the Planetarium, the Social HistoryCentre and three collection-specific librar-ies in Cape Town.Iziko is a public entity and an NPO, and
generates about 27% of its own funding. Op-erating museums and generating innova-tive exhibitions and public programmes iscostly. All proceeds derived from admissionfees, sponsorships, fundraising and partner-ships are ploughed back into enhancing visi-tor experiences. Steady revenue streamsfrom sponsors, private donors and fundersare dwindling. Despite these challengesIziko has consistently brought regular pro-grammes to its visitors. As part of the Herit-ageWeek celebrations, Iziko hosted the Her-itage Day, in_Herit festival and providedfree entrance to all its museums.While some museums abroad have been
reducing staff, selling collections and reduc-ing free access because they are unable tocopewith funding cuts, Iziko hasn’t compro-mised on visitor experiences and pro-grammes. These major factors forced the or-ganisation to revise its admission fee struc-ture for the first time since 2010.Iziko provides several opportunities for
equitable and affordable access. These in-clude discounted holiday admission, FreeFridays and free entry on certain commemo-rative days. Iziko also makes provision forschool groups and operates the Iziko MobileMuseum, an educational outreach projectdesigned to take educational museum re-sources to rural and urban communitiesthat are unable to visit the Iziko Museums.
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NICOLE MCCAIN@nickymccain
Looking both ways before crossing a busyChester Road is no help.
Residents are calling for more pedestriancrossings to make the street safer, especiallyat the busy intersection of Perth and Chesterroads in Walmer Estate.
Chester Road receives significant foottraffic, says Walmer Estate Community Res-idents’ Forum chairperson, Moosa Sydow.
He says many pupils from the nearbyWalmer Estate Primary use the route, aswell as worshippers at the Azzawia MasjidMosque in Perth Road.
In addition, the intersection of Chesterand Perth road has only a stop street, hesays, and no pedestrian crossing.
Lance Reuter, a teacher at Walmer EstatePrimary, says there are many pedestriancrossings near the school, but only a blockaway, at the Chester and Perth roads inter-section, crossing becomes more dangerous.
“It’s a big concern. Some pupils walk downthe road to their homes or to catch their liftshome. There is a lot of traffic and taxis wait-ing to pick up pupils. Teachers can’t alwaysbe there to keep an eye on the pupils,” hesays.
There are traffic officials one block down
at the intersection of Searle Street, ChesterRoad and Hill Road, says Mayoral Commit-tee member for Transport Brett Herron.
“The Traffic Services Road Safety andEducational Training section has also visit-ed schools in the area to educate learnersabout pedestrian safety. It is important forlearners to know they need to look left, lookright, and left again before crossing anyroad,” he says.
“Pedestrians are the most vulnerableroad users and it is imperative to teach ourchildren that they must exercise every cau-tion when crossing the road. They shouldonly cross at points where there is a zebracrossing and/or traffic signals.”
Reuter would like to see traffic officialsor a scholar patrol put in place to help pu-pils cross the intersection.
However, Sydow says the best solutionwould be to install a pedestrian crossingand traffic calming measures.
While pedestrian crossings are providedon both Searle Street and Chester Road andare controlled by two part-time traffic at-
tendants during school hours,the intersection of Chester Roadand Perth Road is controlled bya four-way stop, Herron says.
“If adhered to by drivers, thisoffers protection to crossing pe-destrians. However, the installa-tion of a crossing similar to thaton Chester Road at Searle Streetwill certainly be considered,” hesays.
However, there are no plansfor further traffic calming meas-ures, Herron says.
“The City of Cape Town’stransport department receivesnumerous applications everymonth requesting traffic calm-ing measures in particular areas
and these requests are subject to a decision-making process which is governed by the
City’s Traffic Calming Policy. The policypromotes the use of traffic calming meas-ures where the threat to safety on residentialstreets is unacceptably high. There are vari-ous traffic calming measures available andthe City does its best to minimise risk by us-ing measures which are technically appro-priate for a particular area,” he says.
WALMER ESTATE: DENSE TRAFFIC WORRIES LOCALS
Braking bad habits
SAFETY FIRST: Residents have called for extra safety meas-ures at the intersection of Perth and Chester roads.
PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDThursday, 17 October 201310 CLASSIFIEDS
1. Zamori 361 Pty Ltd, registered owner of Erf 16400, 97 Durham Avenue, Salt River, have applied to establish the Salt River BusinessImprovement District in terms of the City of Cape Town: Special Rating Area By-Law, 2012 read together with the City of Cape Town's:Special RatingAreaPolicy, 2013 to includeall commercially ratedproperties in theareaboundby:
WesternBoundary
From Albert Road along Greatmore Road to Kent Street and along Kent Street to Salt River Road. Along Salt River Road to include allproperties bordering on Salt River Road up to Victoria Road and along Victoria Road up toMilner Road to include all properties borderingonVictoriaRoad.
NorthernBoundary
From the intersection of Bromwell Street and Voortrekker Road along Albert Road up toMill Street to include all properties bordering onAlbertRoad.
EasternBoundary
From the intersection of Rochester Road and Victoria Road northwards to Campbell Street. The border then follows the easternboundaries of properties 16081, 16080, 16079, 16078. 16075 and 16069 up to Dove Street. The boundary then follows Shelley Road,Dryden Street and Colridge Road up to Swift Street, then Burn Street and Addison Street to include all properties bordering on DurhamStreet. Theboundary then followsDurhamStreetup toSalt RiverCircle to includeall propertiesborderingonDurhamStreet.
SouthernBoundary
From the intersection of Milner Road and Victoria Road eastwards up to Queens Park Avenue and along Queens Park Avenue up to theintersection with Chamberlain Street. The boundary the follows the southern boundaries of properties 13777, 13778 and 14109 up toPickwickRoad toCopperfield Road toDickens Road and then alongVictoriaRoad to include all properties borderingonVictoriaRoadup tothe intersectionwithBrowningRoadandRochesterRoad.
2. The application, together with other particulars of the application, is available for scrutiny at the reception of the Double Tree by HiltonCape Town at 31 Brickfield Road, Woodstock and at the City of Cape Town, Inter Service Liason-office, 8th Floor, Civic Centre, 12 HertzogBoulevard,CapeTown (Enquiries: E. Scott, Tel 0214001872).
3. Anyobjections to theestablishmentof theSalt RiverBusiness ImprovementDistrictmustbe submitted inwriting to theCityManager, POBox298,CapeTown,8000orhanddelivered to theCityManager, 5thFloor, PodiumBlock, CivicCentre, 12HertzogBoulevard,CapeTown.
4.Objectionsmustbe receivedby theofficeof theCityManagerbynot later than29November2013.
5.Apublicmeetingwill beheld, thepurposeofwhich shall be to:
i) Informall attendeesof relevant informationpertaining to theapplication, and to
DATE :12November2013TIME :17:00 for17:30PLACE :ConferenceVenue,DoubleTreebyHiltonCapeTownADDRESS :UpperEastSide, 31BrickfieldRoad,Woodstock
ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE PROPOSED SRAARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING.
Enquiries, contactWessel BotesatTel: 0723771275
Please note: If you are not the registered owner of the property, kindly forward this notice to the registeredowner immediately, alternatively inform G. Lohrentz at [email protected], 083 255 7657 of the registeredowner's contactdetails so thatcontact couldbemadewith the registeredowner
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Surfing development and transforma-tion is set to receive a boost when thesixth annual BOS Earthwave Beach
Festival takes place this weekend.The festival will feature several water-
sport competitions, lifestyle events and en-tertainment. People’s Post is the print me-dia sponsor of the event.
However, the most important event couldbe the Muizenberg Outreach Surfing Chal-lenge, which will see four different pro-grammes battle it out in the waves at Mui-zenberg Beach.
Event organiser Paul Botha says hehopes the event will offer the programmesa helping hand.
“We want to involve the kids in the festi-val. As the programmes are doing a greatjob, we want to give them something for theguys to strive towards,” Botha says.
“This is part and parcel of what we wantat the festival; we want to make it an inclu-sive festival. We have formalised it so thatthe organisations have their own event andthey can win prizes.”
The organisations which will participatein the Challenge are Isiqalo, the Surf ShackOutreach Programme, the MuizenbergBeach Club and Dreams to Reality.
All four organisations aim to assistyouths from disadvantaged communitiesthrough surfing. The tournament will fea-ture two teams from each organisationcompeting in two heats of four teams each.Four teams will then advance to two hour-long semi-finals and the competition willclimax in a hour-long final. The event issponsored and supported by Surfing SouthAfrica (SSA).
SSA general manager Robin de Kock saysthe event fits in with SSA’s goal of trans-forming the sport. “Those organisations in-volved in the Challenge are all doing a goodjob, trying to introduce young surfers fromdisadvantaged backgrounds into thesport,” De Kock says.
“Our job is to support outreach organisa-tions involved in the sport.”
De Kock adds transforming the sport isone of organisation’s key goals.
“Its always been a focus; we have been in-volved with those programmes for sometime now. It’s something that we see as ben-efiting surfing. We want to transform thesport and introduce children from margin-alised and disadvantaged backgrounds.”
Earthwave will also see several schoolteams head to Muizenberg for the WesternCape Inter-schools Surfing Tournament.
The 12 participating schools will go head-to-head in hopes of bagging some of theR10 000 in prizes.
“This year we have invited schools fromBoland to join us as well,” Botha says.
Each team will have five members.The festival will also feature skateboard-
ing and stand-up paddling competitionsand an attempt to break the Guiness WorldRecord for the most surfers riding a singlewave.
An attempt to break the record for thelongest game of touch rugby was also set totake place, but has now been cancelled.However, the People’s Post Touch RugbyTournament will still take place.
The BOS Earthwave Beach Festival willtake place at Muizenberg Beach from 08:00on Saturday 19 to 14:00 on Sunday 20 Octo-ber.V Contact Kahuna Promotions on (021) 783 4965 [email protected] for further information. Vis-it www.facebook.com/bos.earthwave for the latestnews.V Saturday programme: 08:00 – Xpression WP Long-board Classic; 08:30 – Pipeline Skate Ramps skate-boarding; 09:00 – Muizenberg Outreach SurfingChallenge; 10:00 – Battle of the Bay; 13:00 – WesternCape Inter-schools surfing tournament and Adaptivesurfing demonstration; and 14:00 – Similasan Tan-dem surfing championships.V Sunday programme: 08:00 – People’s Post touchrugby challenge, Western Cape Inter-schools surfingtournament and Xpression WP Longboard surfing;08:30 – Pipeline Skate Ramps skateboarding; 10:00Battle of the Bay and World Record attempt; 11:00– Longboard, inter-schools and tandem surfing fi-nals; 12:00 – BOS Dig for Gold Treasure Hunt; 12:30World Record Attempt; and 14:00 – Awards ceremo-ny and after party.
Surf’s up, dude!
SURF’S UP: Surfers line up on MuizenbergBeach for the 2012 Guiness World Recordattempt. PHOTO: MARQUA/EARTHWAVE
Cricket clinic in RondeboschA group of young cricketers kicked off thenew season by sharpening their skills ata coaching clinic.
The clinic was hosted by the CricketSchool of Excellence (CSE) at RondeboschBoys’ High School and saw players fromacross the Peninsula participare.
CSE founder Ryan Maron says thecricketers received mental and physicalcoaching on the two-day programme.
“We focused on the technical side of thegame and Headstrong, a sport psychologi-cally company, spoke to the cricketersabout focus and concentration,” he says.
“On the last day, Mineralife spoke to thekids and parents about nutrition and hy-dration.”
Cape Cobras cricketer Michael Pote, agraduate of the school, also attended theclinic and spoke about the importance ofpassion and a hunger to learn.
A group of 15 cricketers from Khayelit-sha also attended the clinic, courtesy ofthe Maurits van Nierop Foundation.
The Foundation aims to plough back in-to cricket and also supports dyslexic pu-pils at Norma Road Primary School inAthlone.
MISDIRECTED:UCT CricketClub’s WayneLombard drivesto mid-onduring an AMA20/20 matchagainst UWCat the WallyWilson Oval inPlumstead onSaturday.PHOTO: PETERHEEGER/GALLOIMAGES
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Jordan Callies has shifted focus on secur-ing promotion after winning the Coca-Cola Cup on Saturday.
Callies qualified for the Safa SAB Region-al League promotional play-offs after win-ning the Rygate Local Football Association(LFA) Super League earlier this year.
Coach Anthony Barnes is confident hisside canmake it into the fourth tier of SouthAfrican football after the Coke Cup victory.
“We are already there; that’s how confi-dent I am,” he says.
“We have already beaten Safa Second Di-vision and SAB League teams in the CokeCup this year.”
Callies knocked out several semi-profes-sional sides on their way to the final, in-cluding the Salt River Blackpool and Mi-lano United Second Division teams.
Callies were also losing finalists in theRygate LFA Knockout Tournament thisyear. Barnes says the team is one step awayfrom making it a perfect season. “Weachieved our objectives. I said we wouldwin the league and the Coke Cup, and thenext one is the SAB League play-offs,” hesays.
Barnes may be confident, but his playerswill need to improve in several areas if theyare to continue their climb up the profes-sional football ladder.
Callies started the Coke Cup final withverve and intensity and raced to a 3-0 leadwithin 30 minutes.
Reagon Brander stole the lead after justtwo minutes, Shafiek Mally doubled thescore just five minutes later and KashiefAlba made it 3-0 in the 25th minute.
But instead of knocking the wind out ofSporting United, the third goal caused Cal-lies to slack off and lose concentration.
Ebrahim Davids pulled a goal back forSporting late in the second half and strucktwice more in the 30th and 35th minutes tolevel the scores.
The equaliser forced Callies to wake up,as they reclaimed the lead through the bootof Showen Sturein in the dying minutes ofthe game.
Barnes was happy with the performancedespite the poor defensive display.
“At the end of the day it was about whowanted it more and we were hungrier. Theguys performed well,” he says.
“The plan was to secure the game in thefirst 15 minutes through all-out attack, butwe are not used to playing on a field thisheavy. They are used to playing on a hardsurface, so they had a lot of cramps.”
Jordan Callies will face off against theleague winners from the other LFA’s affili-ated to Safa Cape Town in the promotionplay-offs.
The date of the play-offs have not beenconfirmed.
TEXTBOOK CONTROL: JordanCallies striker Showen Sture(right) controls a pass as Sport-ing United’s Tino Adams at-tempts to make a challengeduring the Coke Cup final.
PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS
KICKING OUT: Salt River Blackpool’s Mujaahid Fisher (left) and Newfields Village FC playerSiyabulela Magusha fail to make contact with the ball during a FC Kaapstadt JuniorTournament under-11 match at Hartleyvale on Saturday. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS